Pacific Film Foundation

11/23/2025

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Thousands of courageous African American soldiers died and are buried throughout Europe in American cemeteries. Their stories are being taken down from the places built to honor them.

07/24/2025

Welcome to the collision point of Scripture, politics, and polling. Few issues reveal America’s moral contradictions more sharply than immigration enforcement—especially when viewed through the lens of faith.

“Romans 13 says obey the law. Leviticus says love the stranger. So why do so many Christians cheer when ICE agents storm homes at dawn?”

07/18/2024

“The modern conservative is engaged in one of man’s oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justrtification for selfishness.”
John Kenneth Galbraith

Contrast that with the truly selfless and yes, patriotic actions of the Massachusetts 54th who gave their all in a Civil War Battle (please read this column by America's best historian, Heather Cox Richardson.)

On July 18, 1863, at dusk, the Black soldiers of the Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry of the U.S. Army charged the walls of Fort Wagner, a fortification on Morris Island off Charleston Harbor in South Carolina. Because Fort Wagner covered the southern entrance to the harbor, it was key to enabl...

11/11/2023

Veterans honored in two powerful films. - https://mailchi.mp/pacificfilmfoundation.org/veterans-honored-in-two-powerful-films
Don't miss your chance to experience these captivating films and gain a deeper understanding of why African Americans, immigrants, and other heroes fought and died while fighting evil dictators to preserve our civilization.

12/06/2022

SHOUT! Factory releases our documentary film to digital distribution On Demand - today!

With One Tied Hand: The Buffalo Soldiers of World War II Shout! Factory / November 16, 2022 Compelling World War II Documentary Available on Digital and On Demand December 6, 2022 This winter, Shout! Studios will release the stirring documentary film With One Tied Hand: The Buffalo Soldiers of World...

11/19/2021

Empower Women This Giving Tuesday! - https://mailchi.mp/pacificfilmfoundation.org/empower-women-this-giving-tuesday

06/09/2021

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04/14/2021

Via LA2050, a community-guided initiative driving and tracking progress toward a shared vision for the future of Los Angeles, PFF competing for a special grant enabling us to invite LA County women to tell their stories of achieving freedom from constraints. Click for more info about LA2050 Challenge and our entry:

Pacific Film Foundation (PFF) dedicates a channel to support UN Sustainable Development Goal #5: Achieve Gender Equality. PFF is developing a TV series, Female and Finally Free. For LA2050, PFF would invite LA County women and girls to send short video